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California Must Pay $950,000 to ESA Over Unconstitutional Law
Fri Jan 27, 2012 at 11:30 AM ETTags: Leland Yee, Arnold Schwarzenegger, ESA, Legal Cases (all tags)
Another attempt to criminalize sales of Mature rated games went down in flames and cost California dearly.
The ESA has been catching a lot of flak over the whole SOPA/PIPA thing, but they really do have the game industry's back in many other case. One such example is in a law that California's Leland Yee and Arnold Schwarzenegger were trying to pass. Said law would have made it a crime to sell Mature rated games to minors.
The ESA stepped in quickly and took California to court to settle the issue. After quite a bit of time in the court system, the ESA won out and the law was declared unconstitutional. As a result, the state of California has to shell out $950,000 to the ESA. That's a total of $1,230,000 they've collected from California in the last few years.
"Senator Yee and Governor Schwarzenegger wasted more than $1 million in taxpayer funds at a time when Californians could ill afford it," says ESA president Michael D. Gallagher.
Source: GameSpot
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California Must Pay $950,000 to ESA Over Unconstitutional Law
Fri Jan 27, 2012 at 11:30 AM ETTags: Leland Yee, Arnold Schwarzenegger, ESA, Legal Cases (all tags)
Another attempt to criminalize sales of Mature rated games went down in flames and cost California dearly.
The ESA has been catching a lot of flak over the whole SOPA/PIPA thing, but they really do have the game industry's back in many other case. One such example is in a law that California's Leland Yee and Arnold Schwarzenegger were trying to pass. Said law would have made it a crime to sell Mature rated games to minors.
The ESA stepped in quickly and took California to court to settle the issue. After quite a bit of time in the court system, the ESA won out and the law was declared unconstitutional. As a result, the state of California has to shell out $950,000 to the ESA. That's a total of $1,230,000 they've collected from California in the last few years.
"Senator Yee and Governor Schwarzenegger wasted more than $1 million in taxpayer funds at a time when Californians could ill afford it," says ESA president Michael D. Gallagher.
Source: GameSpot
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The ESA Pulls SOPA Support Now that the Bill is Dead
Mon Jan 23, 2012 at 11:30 AM ETTags: ESA, SOPA, PIPA, E3 (all tags)
The people behind E3 and dedicated to helping game companies have finally pulled their SOPA support, just after the bill's sponsor did.
Most political issues are pretty contentious but SOPA seems to be reviled by most of the internet. The unpopular proposition that would allow government control of the internet - or at least specific websites - was essentially shut down on Friday. For all intents and purposes, SOPA and PIPA are dead.
Lamar Smith, who sponsored the bill in the first place, pulled his support Friday morning and said that he sees now that a new approach is needed. With both SOPA and PIPA on the shelf, there's not much more to do than look forward to the new bills being worked up. Well, unless you're the ESA.
The Entertainment Software Association, which has strongly supported SOPA since its inception, pulled its support after Smith did. Considering that no game developers or publishers supported SOPA and many railed out against it, it's surprising that the ESA took so long to make a change. Nothing like changing sides of a battle just before a winner is declared.
Then again, maybe the ESA did finally see the light in the wake of rising efforts to boycott E3, the industry's biggest trade show.
Source: GameSpot
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The ESA Pulls SOPA Support Now that the Bill is Dead
Mon Jan 23, 2012 at 11:30 AM ETTags: ESA, SOPA, PIPA, E3 (all tags)
The people behind E3 and dedicated to helping game companies have finally pulled their SOPA support, just after the bill's sponsor did.
Most political issues are pretty contentious but SOPA seems to be reviled by most of the internet. The unpopular proposition that would allow government control of the internet - or at least specific websites - was essentially shut down on Friday. For all intents and purposes, SOPA and PIPA are dead.
Lamar Smith, who sponsored the bill in the first place, pulled his support Friday morning and said that he sees now that a new approach is needed. With both SOPA and PIPA on the shelf, there's not much more to do than look forward to the new bills being worked up. Well, unless you're the ESA.
The Entertainment Software Association, which has strongly supported SOPA since its inception, pulled its support after Smith did. Considering that no game developers or publishers supported SOPA and many railed out against it, it's surprising that the ESA took so long to make a change. Nothing like changing sides of a battle just before a winner is declared.
Then again, maybe the ESA did finally see the light in the wake of rising efforts to boycott E3, the industry's biggest trade show.
Source: GameSpot
See what people are saying about this story in our forums area, or check out other recent discussions.
The ESA Pulls SOPA Support Now that the Bill is Dead
Mon Jan 23, 2012 at 11:30 AM ETTags: E3, ESA, SOPA, PIPA (all tags)
The people behind E3 and dedicated to helping game companies have finally pulled their SOPA support, just after the bill's sponsor did.
Most political issues are pretty contentious but SOPA seems to be reviled by most of the internet. The unpopular proposition that would allow government control of the internet - or at least specific websites - was essentially shut down on Friday. For all intents and purposes, SOPA and PIPA are dead.
Lamar Smith, who sponsored the bill in the first place, pulled his support Friday morning and said that he sees now that a new approach is needed. With both SOPA and PIPA on the shelf, there's not much more to do than look forward to the new bills being worked up. Well, unless you're the ESA.
The Entertainment Software Association, which has strongly supported SOPA since its inception, pulled its support after Smith did. Considering that no game developers or publishers supported SOPA and many railed out against it, it's surprising that the ESA took so long to make a change. Nothing like changing sides of a battle just before a winner is declared.
Then again, maybe the ESA did finally see the light in the wake of rising efforts to boycott E3, the industry's biggest trade show.
Source: GameSpot
See what people are saying about this story in our forums area, or check out other recent discussions.
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